Halloween party food ideas

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Halloween party food

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We've got lots of easy Halloween party food ideas. From cheesy broomsticks to jelly worms, take a look at our sweet and savoury Halloween party recipes...

Halloween party food ideas

We’ve got lots of easy Halloween party food ideas. From cheesy broomsticks to jelly worms, take a look at our sweet and savoury Halloween party recipes. Halloween is a great time for the kids. They want to dress up as spooky ghosts or crazy witches and often want their friends to join in too. But don’t you worry, there’s no need to stress about this occasion, especially when we’ve got all these Halloween recipes to choose from.

So if you’re planning a Halloween party this year, you’ve come to the right place. From wickedly sweet cupcakes to scarily tasty pumpkin soup, take a look at our sweet and savoury Halloween food ideas. These delicious bites are sure to go down a treat with the kids and put some big smiles on a lot of faces.

If you’re in the mood for baking, we’ve got some simple mini pumpkin pies which is a great way to use up your pumpkin carving leftovers. Or we’ve got gooey, melt-in-the-mouth toffee apple cake pops which are perfect for decorating with the kids however you wish.

Want to make some savoury snacks too? We’ve got Frankenstein fingers and sheep’s eyes made from carrots, which is a great way to sneak some vegetables into the party without the kids realising. There’s sticky sausage and bacon broomsticks, chilli chicken Halloween cauldrons and many many more. Happy Halloween!

First up are these marshmallow pops! Turn marshmallows into spooky cake pops with this next recipe. You can make Frankenstein pops, ghost, pumpkin and mummies. The kids are going to love getting involved.

Get the recipe: Halloween marshmallow pops

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Zombie-bread men

Make up a batch of these zombie-bread men with your party guests. They can decorate them however they like and you can eat them afterwards too. Not sure how to make them? Easy! Make a batch of gingerbread men and rough them up a bit! Decorate with red, white and black icing and make eyes out of white and black fondant.

Get the recipe: Zombie-bread men

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Spooky chocolate-covered apples

All you need to make these spooky treats is chocolate, apples and food colouring/writing icing. Just melt chocolate in the microwave and allow to cool slightly. Pierce an apple with a wooden skewer and dip into the chocolate. Spoon over the white chocolate, over the bowl, to ensure the apple is fully covered. Leave to dry in the fridge, on a piece of greaseproof paper. Once set, draw faces with writing icing. Ta-dah!

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Ssssnake rolls

To make these you will need ready made shortcrust pastry, sausage meat, an egg and a pepper. Cut long strips of pastry and place a thin line of sausage meat down the middle. Glaze one edge of the pastry with beaten egg and roll the other one over the meat, pressing the edges of the pastry together. Curve into a snake-like shape and glaze with the remaining beaten egg. Bake in the oven (200C, gas 6) for 15-20 mins until golden brown. Make eyes and a tongue from chunks of the pepper.

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Chocolate Mini Roll bats

You will need chocolate mini rolls, black and white fondant, icing sugar. All you have to do to make them is draw a bat wing stencil on a piece of paper, place it over black fondant and cut out several black wings. Make a ‘glue’ from a little icing sugar and water and stick the wings around the mini rolls. Make eyes by placing small black balls of fondant onto larger white balls, ‘glue’ these onto the rolls.

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Pumpkin carrot face

Get creative with your vegetables by making this pumpkin carrot face. You will need mini carrots, courgette or cucumber and a selection of dips. All you have to do is arrange the carrots in a pumpkin shape, cut the courgette for the mouth and add bowls of dips for the eyes. Give it a twist by using salsa for the eyes and mouth for a ‘bloody’ twist.

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Skele-mallow zombie

To make these marshmallow zombines, you will need large and mini marshmallows, wooden skewers, food writing icing and fondant. Thread three large marshmallows onto a skewer, add a couple of mini marshmallows at the top for the neck, then add the ‘head’. Stick two smaller skewers out of the top ‘body’ marshmallow and thread mini marshmallows on for the ‘arms’ and large marshmallows for the ‘hands’ – repeat for the legs. Add fondant eyes and decorate with writing icing.

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Hollow heads

To make these hollow heads you will need coconuts, red food colouring, black marker pen. Cut a lid into the coconut and decorate with the food colouring and marker pen. Drink the coconut milk or serve your spooky cocktails in them. Give them a twist by painting vampire faces onto the coconuts and wrap in a black cloak.

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Slimey tarts

Spooky ey? To make these slimey tarts you will need ready made shortcrust pastry, lime curd, green food colouring. Grease a muffin tin and add circles of pastry. Colour the lime curd with green food colouring and spoon into the pastry. Bake in the oven (200°C/gas 6) for 15-20 mins until the pastry is golden brown. Allow to cool before decorating with sweets and fondant eyes.

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Iced ghouls

To make these iced ghouls you will need biscuits (homemade or shop-bought), buttercream icing, fondant, piping bag. Fill a piping bag with buttercream and pipe mini ghosts onto a biscuit and decorate with fondant eyes. Give them an extra spooky twist by placing a dollop of jam on the biscuit before piping to make the ghosts ‘bloody’